Science vs. Broscience
Science vs. Broscience
By George Touliatos, MD
Science needs evidence that requires long-term studies to be authorized. Broscience is based in anecdotes.
Broscience can be a step ahead of science in certain topics when bodybuilders walk the walk from experience and personal perspective. Growth hormone (GH) was known to be used for dwarfs and children with delayed development. Nevertheless, it was not known in the medical community that GH can enhance fat burning and prevent cachexia, something that was later discovered among AIDS patients. Moreover, clenbuterol HCL, a beta-2 agonist that is technically used for asthma in children, is also known to enhance fat loss as well. This is widely reported among bodybuilders.
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Broscience is like doping, which is literally a step further than anti-doping methods. Science needs evidence that requires long-term studies to be authorized. Instead, broscience is based in anecdotes. However, we shouldn’t mislead that science is living in the Dark Ages. Science is sluggish and kind of conservative to new discoveries. The new generation of peptides that treat a vast variety of diseases (TB-500, BPC-157, MK-677) still hasn’t been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yet they are widely used among millions of fitness enthusiasts.
George Touliatos, MD is an author, lecturer, champion competitive bodybuilder, and expert in medical prevention regarding PED use in sports. Dr. Touliatos specializes in medical biopathology and is the medical associate of Orthobiotiki.gr and Medihall.gr, Age Management and Preventive Clinics in Athens, Greece. He is the author of four Greek books on bodybuilding, has extensively developed articles for www.anabolic.org and is the medical associate for the book “Anabolics, 11th Edition” (2017). Dr. Touliatos has been a columnist for the Greek editions of MuscleMag and Muscular Development magazines and has participated in several seminars across Greece and Cyprus, making numerous TV and radio appearances, doing interviews in print and online. His personal website is https://gtoul.com/
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